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La. R.S. 31:8

RIGHTS OF LANDOWNERS TO EXPLORE FOR AND

Acts 1974, No. 50, §1, eff

PART 3. RIGHTS OF LANDOWNERS TO EXPLORE FOR AND

PRODUCE MINERALS AND LIMITATIONS THEREON

§8. Landowner's right of enjoyment for mineral extraction

A landowner may use and enjoy his property in the most unlimited manner for the purpose of discovering and producing minerals, provided it is not prohibited by law. He may reduce to possession and ownership all of the minerals occurring naturally in a liquid or gaseous state that can be obtained by operations on or beneath his land even though his operations may cause their migration from beneath the land of another.

Official source: Louisiana State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Louisiana statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.